The 8 Biggest Box Office Bombs on movie.guru

Worldwide gross divided by reported budget, worst ratio last. Some of these deserved to flop. A few are masterpieces that got robbed.

Number one is a masterpiece with the worst numbers on this list.

1. 8
   Almost Famous (2000)8.9

   A perfect movie that nobody went to see.

   $47.4 million worldwide on a reported $60 million budget, with a 90 on Metacritic. Kate Hudson's Penny Lane deserved sold-out arenas, not empty multiplexes.
2. 7
   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)7.8

   Too online for 2010. Exactly online enough now.

   $51.8 million worldwide on a $60 to $85 million budget. Now it has 502,032 IMDb votes from people who swear they saw it opening weekend.
3. 6
   Disney's Snow White (2025)3.3

   Biggest budget on the list, lowest score. Not a coincidence.

   $205.7 million worldwide on a reported $336.5 million budget, and a 2.2 on IMDb from 398,917 votes. The CGI dwarfs live deep in the uncanny valley.
4. 5
   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)4.8

   A dorm-room poster first, a movie second.

   $10.68 million domestic, $10.68 million worldwide, on an $18.5 million budget. The rest of the planet barely showed up. Johnny Depp mumbling and flailing for 118 minutes is a lot.
5. 4
   Gattaca (1997)6.8

   Bombed in theaters, then took over every biology class.

   $12.6 million worldwide on a $36 million budget. Then 351,899 IMDb voters rated it 7.7, mostly after a substitute teacher rolled in the TV cart.
6. 3
   Equilibrium (2002)5.2

   Theaters barely saw it. DVD players wore it out.

   $1.2 million domestic, $5.37 million worldwide, on a $20 million budget. Audiences rank it above 83% of notable movies, critics 14%. Somebody owes it a rerelease.
7. 2
   The Interview (2014)4.3

   More famous for its drama than its jokes.

   $11.8 million worldwide on a $44 million budget, after most theaters dropped it. Metacritic says 52. Randall Park steals it by a mile.
8. 1
   Once Upon a Time in America (1984)8.7

   The biggest bomb here is a masterpiece. Blame the scissors.

   $5.48 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. Audiences now rank it above 99% of notable movies. US theaters got a chopped-up cut. The full 229 minutes is the real one.

$96.16 says you rent Almost Famous tonight just to personally fix its box office.

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